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The Battle of Harlem Heights, September 16, 1776. Image from the New York Public Library collection.
Most New Yorkers don't know their city was a battleground from August to November 1776 — from Gravesend in Brooklyn to Pelham in the Bronx. The Battle of Harlem Heights was a turning point.
On September 16th, 1776, after two crushing defeats, Washington's forces surprised British troops...and won. On this mile-and-a-half walk through Morningside and Hamilton Heights, you'll walk the ground where it happened and see first hand how the hills you're climbing gave Patriot soldiers a strategic advantage.
Mark Satlof, a fourth-generation New Yorker, has a deep connection to New York City. His family has lived in upper Manhattan for over a century. Although raised in Connecticut, Mark returned to New York to pursue a BA in History from Columbia University. He is an amateur historian and licensed NYC Sightseeing Guide with a focus on the American Revolution in New York City. An advocate for historic preservation, he is a board member of the preservation organization Save Harlem Now!
Meet your group at Convent Avenue at 141st Street. Please arrive 10 minutes early.
See the outside of Alexander Hamilton's historic final home.
Peer over the Harlem Plains from a vantage point Washington himself used during the action. After the chaos of the Kips Bay rout, Washington regrouped on the Heights. The next morning, Knowlton's Rangers made contact with British advance forces here—and set the battle in motion.
Take in the topography and review the American forces' march down from Harlem Heights into the Hollow Way—today's 125th Street—and back up the ridge to Morningside Heights. Hear about the "fox-hunt bugle," the British taunt that infuriated Washington.
Follow the footsteps of 1,000 American troops as they descended a steep incline and marched forward to meet the British. The terrain made this moment as much a test of nerve as tactics.
Stand on the ground of the opening clash—where Knowlton's Rangers and Washington's feint converged in a sharp skirmish. This was the first engagement of the war in which Continental soldiers watched British regulars turn and run.
The British used this high ground as their rest point after the initial morning fighting. Today it's one of upper Manhattan's most peaceful spots, a bucolic setting in the shadow of the largest mausoleum in North America, and a moment to absorb what's already unfolded on the walk.
Walk the main battle site where, for roughly two hours, approximately 1,800 men on each side exchanged musket fire—until the Americans sent the British running for the second time that day.
View a commemorative plaque marking the battle and learn about the aftermath of Harlem Heights, a genuine turning point in American morale noted by Washington himself and later championed by Columbia historian James Shenton, who spent years arguing for the battle's rightful place in Revolutionary War history.
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